Nothing is Out of Reach

It was a typical Wednesday right before lunch. Micah was playing well by himself while I prepared his food. I set his tray on the high chair tray and he protested against my announcement that it was lunch time. So, I told him he could play while I prepared my lunch and then we could eat together. While I was in the kitchen, I heard a gulping noise and I knew I hadn't given Micah his drink yet, so I went around the bar to check things out. This is what I found:

He used the laundry basket as a ladder in order to reach the bar where my glass of water was sitting. Luckily, he didn't spill any.

And, then I realized he was digging into his lunch too.

Surprisingly, he did really well with the cup of water all by himself. I think we'll start using regular cups with no sippie at meal times. I had no idea he was capable of handling a cup on his own.

Backyard Fun!

Instead of going to the neighborhood pool today, we tolerated the heat for about 30 minutes in the backyard.

We even worked in a swimming lesson.


Isn't that pout adorable? Fake, but adorable. He'll do it on command now, and even tries to get his way with it.

Back to the Sprinkler Pad

Today was one of Tom's Fridays off of work, so we spent some quality family time together. We had lunch at...

It's similar to Chuck E Cheese but with better food. Unfortunately, I thought I left my camera at home, but it turned out I just left it in the car. Either way, no pictures. Bummer!

After Gatti.Town, we stopped by the sprinkler pad to cool off before we came home and ALL took a nap while it rained. Thank goodness for the rain. The heat was becoming unbearable. I know what you are thinking. It must be really hot if I can't take it anymore.

I think my child should have been born with gills. He can't get enough of the water.

I Scream, You Scream. We All Scream for Ice Cream

The triple digit temperatures have continued through the week, and we've struggled to find enough entertainment indoors. So, yesterday we drove down to Sonic for Micah's first ice cream cone.

He loved every lick!

[This one is my favorite shot even though it is out of focus]

Water Hose

The last few evening we have spent some family time in the backyard after dinner. Micah has been rinsing off his dinner and cooling off in the baby pool or, like tonight, the water hose.

[Tom made me take this shot a couple times so he could flex his abs...LOL! Such a dork!]

I love my boys!

FYI: Micah still got a bath inside before he went to bed. I may be from Mississippi, but we aren't that redneck.

Slightly Green Thumb

I was ready to tell Tom to mow over this attempt at transplanting a crepe myrtle. Back when my parents came to visit in June we moved two sprouts from the crepe myrtle in the front yard around to the backyard. Neither had a good root system and we didn't have much hope, but I still tried to put a little life into them. One shoot shriveled up and died several weeks back, but this one retained its leaves. I thought it didn't have much hope after the stem turned brown, but I didn't mow over it yet. And, I'm glad I didn't.

This morning as I was surveying the yard for snakes, I noticed the remaining shoot has new sprouts. Success! Maybe I will have a green thumb afterall.

Heat Wave

Well, today has been the hottest day so far in 2010 for Dallas, TX. We topped out at 105 degrees. Call me crazy, but I layed out for an hour and enjoyed it. First, I filled the baby pool up with cool water. Then, I dangled my feet in it while I sat in the glider reading my Southern Living magazine. It was so hot outside the glue holding the spine of the magazine together started to melt. As I turned the pages, they would fall right out.

Since we're now in the dog days of summer, the sunflowers are blooming EVERYWHERE. I made Tom take the back roads home from church today so I could pick some.

In Micah news: We started out our morning with a trip to the pool. Micah found another little boy's diving rings to be the highlight of the hour. I know you're thinking that he probably liked throwing them for the other little boy. Nope. He was the one diving for them. With a little help from me. He needed a little push from me to get to the bottom of the 4'6" water, but he never came up empty handed. He also figured out how to use his feet to push off of the bottom in order to come up. Of course, I had to hold him up so he could take a breath though. Also, his jumping off the side has transformed into belly flopping off of the side. On the up side, the belly flop puts him in a horizontal postion so he can take a stroke or two towards me.

In Tom news: The boat motor is running. One of the guys who came down for the weekend knows a thing or two about boat mechanics and he fixed it for him. Tom's excited!